The mission of the Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Education is “to ensure equal access to education and to promote educational excellence through vigorous enforcement of civil rights in our nation’s schools.”

In other words, to make sure that any school accepting federal assistance complies with the requirements of the 1964 Civil Rights Act regarding discrimination against anyone based on their race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex. Title VI of that Act also protects students of any religion from discrimination and harassment.

During the Obama years, these requirements were expanded to include sexual orientation and gender identity — and contracted to exclude Jews, at least in practice.

For years, it has been open season on Jewish students on far too many American campuses as anti-Israel students and questionably-funded student groups post eviction notices on Jews’ dormitory doors or wonder aloud whether they should exercise their power to deny student government positions to those whose religious affiliations might make them too pro-Israel.

Jewish students are threatened, shouted down, chased, and even assaulted. The Anti-Defamation League has, for years, noted the increasingly hostile environment on American campuses for highly identified Jewish kids.

Seldom challenged by university administrations, the offenders claim that their words and actions are directed at the Jewish State of Israel rather than the individual Jewish students they’ve terrorized. Nonsense. Unless one is opposed to all religio-ethnic nationalism, singling out the Jewish state is inherently bigoted.